Strap in. Gonna be a long night’s journey into several days. City Councilman Marcus Brown and incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore are in a virtual
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Covid Campaigning In Primary Races Nears End, Absentee Ballot Voting Swells
One of the kookiest primary election cycles in history comes to a close Tuesday when eligible city electors, nearly 3,000 of which have voted by
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Election Officials Brace For Surge Of Absentee Ballots After Mail House Delays
Just days from Tuesday’s Covid-delayed preference primaries for president including four legislative races in Bridgeport, a modest 937 absentee ballots from Democrats citywide have been
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City Council Resolution Seeks To Reel In Pereira’s Conduct
City Council President Aidee Nieves and East End councilor Ernie Newton assert there’s been an “increase in unbecoming, abusive and unparliamentary conduct, at City Council
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Brown-Moore State Senate Primary–Incumbency Versus Top-Line Mantra
In any given year on paper the Democratic primary match-up between incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore and party-endorsed City Councilman Marcus Brown would be a
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When A Taxpayer-Paid Mailer Becomes A Promotional Campaign Boost
In the old days they were called franking privileges: legislators’ taxpayer-paid mailers to communicate with constituents. Essentially they become a surrogate boost to an incumbent’s
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Disingenuous Bradley Rejects Public Health For Political Pandering
When Dennis Bradley was a candidate for State Senate and came up short against incumbent Ed Gomes it was yeah, baby, fire up that absentee
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Paging Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria–City Council Secures Special Meeting To Address Columbus Statue
After a lotta, well, waves, the City Council will get its special meeting Tuesday night at 7 to jawbone the return of the Christopher Columbus
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